Jos East is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Angware. its predominant tribe is the Afizere, also known as the Jarawa. The Asharwa international dance group is major dance group of the Afizere people, they represent Nigeria in countries like UK, US, South Africa, Kenya, Ukraine
It has an area of 1,020 km and a population of 85,602 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 930.
Climate/Geography Jos East LGA has an average temperature of 28 degrees Celsius or 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit and a total area of 1020 square kilometres or 390 square miles. The region experiences two distinct seasons, known as the dry and the wet seasons, with an annual total of of precipitation. In Jos East LGA, the average wind speed is .
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